PSU Mens Soccer pulls out win at Tufts

Oct 05, 2010

Panthers come from behind to record
victory

MEDFORD, Mass. – Plymouth State University
senior Tommy Schrey (Munich, Germany/Alvirne,
N.H.) scored to tie the game in the 79th minute and and then won it
with a golden goal early in the overtime session Tuesday night as
the visiting Panthers earned a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at
Tufts in non-league men's soccer action at Bello Field.

With Plymouth trailing 2-1 during an action-packed second half,
Schrey volleyed a free kick from freshman Anders
Olsson (Sturefors, Sweden) past Tufts keeper Zach Cousens
(Contocook, N.H.) to tie the score at 2-2 with 11:29 remaining in
the second half. Panther senior goalie Dan Salzar
(Dover, N.H.) did his part by saving Tufts shots from Kameron Jaff
(Dubai, UAE) and Jono Edelman (Memphis, TN) in the final minutes of
regulation. Edelman also had a late header of a cross that sailed
just wide and the game went into overtime.

The Panthers ended it quickly when Shrey ran up on a beautiful ball
into open space by KC Haywood (Lansdale, Pa.) and
plunked it past a converging Cousens for the winner just 1:23 into
OT. Plymouth, who hadn't scored in three previous contests,
knotched their season-high for goals with the game-winning
third.

While Plymouth State improved to 3-6-1 with their first victory in
four games, Tufts dropped to 4-3-1 with their first loss in four
games. The hosts' three-game winning streak had been their longest
since 2006. The outcome marked the second straight year that
Plymouth came back on Tufts in the final 15 minutes, following last
year's 2-1 final in which PSU scored twice on late penalty
kicks.

Playing in a steady mist of rain, Plymouth had scored first in the
seventh minute when junior Dre Cabral (Tokyo,
Japan) was on the spot to drill a free ball in the box into an open
net. Tufts tied the score at 1-1 as junior Matt Blumenthal
(Simsbury, Conn.) stole the ball from a defender and beat Salzer to
the low left. Late in the half, Tufts sophomore Michael Walker (Los
Altos, Calif.) launched a long free kick into the goal mouth that
was redirected on net forcing Salzar to make a save.

Early in the second half, Plymouth's Kabiru Yahaya
(Abuja, Nigeria) went in alone on Cousens, but his chip shot was
blocked as the Tufts keeper challenged. Tufts gained a 2-1
advantage when senior Ben Green (Burlington, Vt.) scored on a free
kick for the second straight game, putting his shot into the upper
left corner in the 51st minute.

Both teams created several scoring opportunities as the second half
went on, including a Plymouth State free kick into a crowd that
Jaff booted away from the goal line.

Tufts finished with advantages of 13-8 in shots and 9-3 in corner
kicks. Salzer stopped four shots in the Panther cage, while Cousens
recorded one save at the other end for Tufts.

The Jumbos return to NESCAC action when they travel to Colby
College for a 2:30 contest on Saturday. Plymouth plays Little East
Conference foe Rhode Island College on Saturday at 1 pm.